Alejandro Jimenez

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ is a formerly-undocumented immigrant, poet, writer, and educator from Colima, México, living in New Mexico. He is the 2021 Mexican National Poetry Slam Champion, a two-time National Poetry Slam Semi-Finalist (US), multiple time TEDx Speaker/Performer, and regional Emmy-nominated poet. In 2022, he was featured in TIME Magazine as one of 80 Mexican artists shaping contemporary Mexican culture. His work centers and touches on cultural identity, immigrant narratives, masculinity,...See more

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ is a formerly-undocumented immigrant, poet, writer, and educator from Colima, México, living in New Mexico. He is the 2021 Mexican National Poetry Slam Champion, a two-time National Poetry Slam Semi-Finalist (US), multiple time TEDx Speaker/Performer, and regional Emmy-nominated poet. In 2022, he was featured in TIME Magazine as one of 80 Mexican artists shaping contemporary Mexican culture. His work centers and touches on cultural identity, immigrant narratives, masculinity, memory, and the intersections of them all. He is a TIN HOUSE Writers Workshop participant. His work has appeared in The Acentos Review, The Latino Book Review, Yellowscene, As/Us Journal, Rethinking Schools, and other publications. He has also been featured in Radar2021, Telemundo, NBCUniversal and Tracksmith. His self-published book, Moreno.Prieto. Brown. (2017), has sold over 3,000 copies and has been incorporated in curricula across various school districts. See less